Her mother cannot bring herself to explain the facts about conception clearly to Wendla, despite knowing her daughter is reaching puberty. She tells her mother that it is time she learned where babies come from, considering that she is about to be an aunt for the second time.
Wendla Bergmann, an adolescent in late 19th-century Germany, laments that her mother gave her "no way to handle things" and has not taught her the lessons she is meant to know as a young woman ("Mama Who Bore Me"). In 2022, Spring Awakening: Those You've Known, a documentary film chronicling the 15-year reunion of the original company, was released on HBO. The success of the Broadway production has spawned several other productions worldwide, including various US productions, a West End production that won four Laurence Olivier Awards including Best New Musical, and a series of international productions. In addition, the show was revived in 2015 on Broadway and garnered three Tony Award nominations, among other honors. The production also garnered four Drama Desk Awards, while its original cast album received a Grammy Award. The original Broadway production won eight Tony Awards, including Tonys for Best Musical, Direction, Book, Score and Featured Actor. while its creative team comprised director Michael Mayer and choreographer Bill T. Its cast included Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele, and John Gallagher Jr. In the musical, alternative rock is employed as part of the folk-infused rock score.įollowing its conception in the late 1990s and various workshops, concerts, rewrites and its Off-Broadway debut, the original Broadway production of Spring Awakening opened at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on December 10, 2006. Set in late 19th-century Germany, the musical tells the story of teenagers discovering the inner and outer tumult of adolescent sexuality. It is based on the 1891 German play Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind. Spring Awakening is a coming-of-age rock musical with music by Duncan Sheik and a book and lyrics by Steven Sater. Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical
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